The YA Book Brize is a British literary award established by publishing magazine The Bookseller in 2014. The accolade is given to young adult novels published by an author in the United Kingdom or Ireland in the previous year.
| YA Book Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | young adult novels |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | The Bookseller |
| First awarded | 2014 |
| Website | www |
As of 2022, the prize is presented at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.[1][2] Judges have included past winners Patrice Lawrence[3] and Alice Oseman.[4]
Recipients
edit2010s
edit| Year | Author | Work | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | |||
| Louise O'Neill | Only Ever Yours | [5][6] | |
| David Almond | A Song for Ella Grey | ||
| Keren David | Salvage | ||
| Juno Dawson | Say Her Name | ||
| Tom Ellison, Lucy Ivison | Lobster | ||
| Sally Green | Half Bad | ||
| Kim Hood | Finding a Voice | ||
| Dawn O'Porter | Goose | ||
| Non Pratt | Trouble | ||
| Marcus Sedgwick | The Ghosts of Heaven | ||
| 2016 | |||
| Sarah Crossan | One | [7][8] | |
| Holly Bourne | Am I Normal Yet? | ||
| Jenny Downham | Unbecoming | ||
| Frances Hardinge | The Lie Tree | ||
| Catherine Johnson | The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo | ||
| Patrick Ness | The Rest of Us Just Live Here | ||
| Louise O'Neill | Asking For It | ||
| Melinda Salisbury | The Sin Eater's Daughter | ||
| William Sutcliffe | Concentr8 | ||
| Lisa Williamson | The Art of Being Normal | ||
| 2017 | |||
| Patrice Lawrence | Orangeboy | [9][10] | |
| Sara Barnard | Beautiful Broken Things | ||
| Malorie Blackman | Chasing the Stars | ||
| Laure Eve | The Graces | ||
| Clare Furniss | How Not to Disappear | ||
| Lisa Heathfield | Paper Butterflies | ||
| Peadar Ó Guilín | The Call | ||
| Francesca Simon | The Monstrous Child | ||
| Martin Stewart | Riverkeep | ||
| Alex Wheatle | Crongton Knights | ||
| 2018 | |||
| Will Hill | After the Fire | [11] | |
| Emily Barr | The One Memory of Flora Banks | ||
| M A Bennett | S.T.A.G.S | ||
| Holly Bourne | It Only Happens in the Movies | ||
| Sarah Crossan | Moonrise | ||
| Patrice Lawrence | Indigo Donut | ||
| Patrick Ness | Release | ||
| Sally Nicholls | Things a Bright Girl Can Do | ||
| Philip Pullman | La Belle Sauvage | ||
| Alex Wheatle | Straight Outta Crongton | ||
| 2019 | |||
| Sara Barnard | Goodbye, Perfect | [12][13] | |
| Juno Dawson | Clean | ||
| Laura Dockrill | Big Bones | ||
| Muhammad Khan | I Am Thunder | ||
| Louise O'Neill | The Surface Breaks | ||
| Alice Oseman | I Was Born for This | ||
| Tom Pollock | White Rabbit, Red Wolf | ||
| Fiona Shaw | Outwalkers | ||
| Katherine Webber | Only Love Can Break Your Heart | ||
| Laura Wood | A Sky Painted Gold |
2020s
edit| Year | Author | Work | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| Juno Dawson | Meat Market | [14][15] | |
| Dean Atta | The Black Flamingo | ||
| Malorie Blackman | Crossfire | ||
| Holly Bourne | The Places I've Cried in Public | ||
| Jenny Downham | Furious Thing | ||
| Frances Hardinge | Deeplight | ||
| Holly Jackson | A Good Girl's Guide to Murder | ||
| Lauren James | The Quiet at the End of the World | ||
| Kiran Millwood Hargrave | The Deathless Girls | ||
| William Sutcliffe | The Gifted, the Talented and Me | ||
| 2021 | |||
| Alice Oseman | Loveless | [16][17] | |
| Darren Charlton | Wranglestone | ||
| Holly Jackson | Good Girl, Bad Blood | ||
| Danielle Jawando | And the Stars Were Burning Brightly | ||
| Patrice Lawrence | Eight Pieces of Silva | ||
| Meg Rosoff | The Great Godden | ||
| Bethany Rutter | Melt My Heart | ||
| Melinda Salisbury | Hold Back the Tide | ||
| Alex Wheatle | Cane Warriors | ||
| Laura Wood | A Snowfall of Silver | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Adiba Jaigirdar | Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating | [18][19] | |
| Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé | Ace of Spades | ||
| Holly Bourne | The Yearbook | ||
| Tanya Byrne | Afterlove | ||
| Femi Fadugba | The Upper World | ||
| Simon James Green | You're the One That I Want | ||
| Manjeet Mann | The Crossing | ||
| Krystal Sutherland | House of Hollow | ||
| Lisa Williamson | First Day of My Life | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Danielle Jawando | When Our Worlds Collided | [20][21] | |
| Catherine Doyle, Katherine Webber | Twin Crowns | ||
| Louise Finch | The Eternal Return of Clara Hart | ||
| Holly Jackson | Five Survive | ||
| Becky Jerams, Ellie Wyatt | The Songs You've Never Heard | ||
| Nadia Mikail | The Cats We Meet Along the Way | ||
| Melinda Salisbury | Her Dark Wings | ||
| Cynthia So | If You Still Recognise Me | ||
| Laura Steven | The Society for Soulless Girls | ||
| Alex Wheatle | Kemosha of the Caribbean | ||
| 2024 | |||
| Lex Croucher | Gwen & Art are Not in Love | [22][23] | |
| Benjamin Dean | How to Die Famous | ||
| Bea Fitzgerald | Girl, Goddess, Queen | ||
| Ravena Guron | This Book Kills | ||
| Anika Hussain | This is How You Fall in Love | ||
| Jenny Ireland | The First Move | ||
| Josh Silver | HappyHead | ||
| Laura Steven | Every Exquisite Thing | ||
| Kate Weston | Murder on a School Night |
Accolades
editSpecial achievement awards
edit- Malorie Blackman (2021)[24]
Multiple nods
edit4 nominations
edit3 nominations
edit- Juno Dawson
- Holly Jackson
- Patrice Lawrence
- Louise O'Neill
- Melinda Salisbury
2 nominations
edit- Sara Barnard
- Malorie Blackman
- Sarah Crossan
- Jenny Downham
- Frances Hardinge
- Danielle Jawando
- Patrick Ness
- Alice Oseman
- Laura Steven
- William Sutcliffe
- Katherine Webber
- Lisa Williamson
- Laura Wood
References
edit- ^ Stephen, Phyllis (1 February 2022). "Edinburgh International Book Festival in new deal with The Bookseller". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "YA Book Prize 2024 shortlist celebrates diverse talent & debut authors". The Lagos Review. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Lawrence, Deane and Robinson to judge YA Book Prize 2023". The Bookseller. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Fraser, Katie (18 April 2024). "Alice Oseman, Anissa de Gomery and Gavin Hetherington to judge the YA Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "First ever YA Book Prize shortlist announced!". The Guardian. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Eyre, Charlotte (19 March 2015). "Louise O'Neill wins inaugural YA Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "YA book prize 2016 shortlist - in pictures". The Guardian. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Sarah Crossan's One, about conjoined twins, wins YA book prize". BBC Entertainment & Arts News. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ "The YA Book Prize 2017 - Shortlist". Waterstones. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Carpenter, Caroline (1 June 2017). "Lawrence's Orangeboy scoops YA Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "Winner of the YA Book Prize 2018: After the Fire by Will Hill". The Tattooed Book. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "The YA Book Prize shortlist 2019". Readings. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Hayward, Marie (1 October 2019). "Local Author Wins YA Book Prize 2019". Brighton Journal. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Carpenter, Caroline (26 March 2020). "Jackson, Blackman and Hardinge in the running for YA Book Prize 2020". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Dawson's Meat Market wins the YA Book Prize". The Bookseller. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "YA Book Prize 2021". Love Reading 4 Kids. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Carpenter, Caroline (6 May 2021). "Oseman wins YA Book Prize with 'joyful' tale of self-discovery, Loveless". The Bookseller. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "YA Book Prize 2022 – Shortlist Announced!". Literacy Hive. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Bangladeshi-Irish author Adiba Jaigirdar wins £2,000 YA Book Prize". The Irish Times. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "YA Book Prize 2023 – Shortlist Announced!". Literacy Hive. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Doyle, Martin (25 August 2023). "Alice Winn wins Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize; Danielle Jawando awarded YA Book Prize". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "YA Book Prize 2023 shortlist announced". Reading Zone. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "Lex Croucher's Gwen & Art announced as winner of the YA Book Prize 2024". The Bookseller. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ "YA Book Prize: Malorie Blackman receives special achievement award for NOUGHTS & CROSSES". Alt Africa Review. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2024.